ill timed
1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {un...
ill turn
1: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice" [syn: {disservice}, {ill service}] [ant: {service}]
ill will
1: the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" [syn: {hostility}, {enmity}] 2: a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" [syn: {host...
ill-advised
1: without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"; "ill-advised ...
ill-affected
1: discontented as toward authority [syn: {disaffected}, {malcontent}, {rebellious}]
ill-being
1: lack of prosperity or happiness or health [ant: {wellbeing}]
ill-bred
1: (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {bounderish}, {lowbred}, {rude}, {underbred}, {yokelish}]
ill-breeding
1: impoliteness resulting from ignorance [syn: {bad manners}]
ill-chosen
1: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: ...
ill-conceived
1: poorly conceived or thought out; "an ill-conceived plan to take over the company" [syn: {misguided}]
ill-considered
1: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-judged}, {improvident}, {shortsighted}]
ill-defined
1: poorly stated or described; "he confuses the reader with ill-defined terms and concepts" [syn: {unclear}] [ant: {well-defined}]
ill-equipped
1: poorly supplied with physical equipment; "the school was ill-equipped"
ill-famed
1: having an exceedingly bad reputation; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice" [syn: {infamous}, {notorious}]
ill-fated
1: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H...
ill-favored
1: usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance" [syn: {ill-favoured}]
ill-favoured
1: usually used of a face; "an ill-favored countenance" [syn: {ill-favored}]
ill-fed
1: not getting adequate food; "gaunt underfed children"; "badly undernourished" [syn: {underfed}, {undernourished}]
ill-formed
1: not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage [syn: {ungrammatical}] [ant: {grammatical}]
ill-gotten
1: obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains" [syn: {dirty}]
ill-humored
1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {crusty}, {curmudgeonly}, {gruff}, {ill-humoured}]
ill-humoured
1: brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {crusty}, {curmudgeonly}, {gruff}, {ill-humored}]
ill-judged
1: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: {ill-considered}, {improvident}, {shortsighted}]
ill-mannered
1: socially incorrect in behavior; "resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion" [syn: {rude}, {unmannered}, {unmannerly}]
ill-natured
1: having an irritable and unpleasant disposition; "an ill-natured disagreeable old man" [ant: {good-natured}]
ill-omened
1: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H...
ill-proportioned
1: out of proportion in shape [syn: {lopsided}, {one-sided}] 2: lacking pleasing proportions
ill-shapen
1: so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers" [syn: {d...
ill-sorted
1: not easy to combine harmoniously [syn: {incompatible}, {mismated}, {unsuited}]
ill-starred
1: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H...
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ill-tempered
1: perversely irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {crabby}, {cross}, {fussy}, {grouchy}, {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}]
ill-timed
1: badly timed; "an ill-timed intervention"; "you think my intrusion unseasonable"; "an untimely remark"; "it was the wrong moment for a joke" [syn: {ill-timed(a)}, {ill timed(p)}, {unseasonable}, {un...
ill-treat
1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: {mistreat}, {maltreat}, {abuse}, {ill-use}, {step}]
ill-treated
1: physically abused; "an abused wife" [syn: {abused}, {maltreated}, {mistreated}] [ant: {unabused}]
ill-treatment
1: cruel or inhumane treatment [syn: {maltreatment}, {ill-usage}, {abuse}]
ill-usage
1: cruel or inhumane treatment [syn: {maltreatment}, {ill-treatment}, {abuse}]
ill-use
1: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead" [syn: {mistreat}, {maltreat}, {abuse}, {step}, {ill-treat}]
ill-used
1: of persons; taken advantage of; "after going out of his way to help his friend get the job he felt not appreciated but used" [syn: {exploited}, {put-upon}, {used}, {victimized}, {victimised}]
Illampu
1: a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (20,870 feet high)
illation
1: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation [syn: {infer...
illative
1: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: {inferential}] 2: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"...
Illecebrum
1: 1 species: coral necklace [syn: {genus Illecebrum}]
Illecebrum verticullatum
1: glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas [syn: {coral necklace}]
illegal
1: prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move" [ant: {legal}]
illegalise
1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." [syn: {outlaw}, {criminalize}, {criminalise}, {illegalize}] [ant: {legalize}, {legalize}, {legalize}]
illegality
1: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute [ant: {legality}]
illegalize
1: declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." [syn: {outlaw}, {criminalize}, {criminalise}, {illegalise}] [ant: {legalize}, {legalize}, {legalize}]
illegally
1: in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: {illicitly}, {lawlessly}] [ant: {legitimately}]
illegibility
1: writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered [ant: {legibility}]
illegible
1: (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting" [ant: {legible}]
illegibly
1: in an illegible manner; "this student writes illegibly" [syn: {undecipherably}, {unreadably}] [ant: {legibly}]
illegitimacy
1: the status of being born to parents who were not married [syn: {bastardy}, {bar sinister}] 2: unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law [ant: {legitimacy}]
illegitimate
1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures" [syn: {illicit}, {outlaw(a)}, {outlawed}, {unlawful}] 2: of marriages a...
illegitimate child
1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: {bastard}, {by-blow}, {love child}, {illegitimate}, {whoreson}]
illegitimate enterprise
1: an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit [syn: {racket}, {fraudulent scheme}]
illegitimately
1: in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" [syn: {illicitly}] [ant: {legitimately}, {legitimately}] 2: of biological parents not...
illiberal
1: narrow-minded about cherished opinions [syn: {intolerant}]
illiberality
1: a disposition not to be liberal (generous) with money [ant: {liberality}]
illiberally
1: in a narrow-minded manner; "his illiberally biased way of thinking" [syn: {intolerantly}]
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